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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Stampendous Sunny Vase

Hello, we've got a gorgeous spring day here in SC, and I was able to get some nice natural sunlight to take a photo of my latest card.

Recently a really lovely friend of mine, gifted me with Polychromo Pencils. I had been wanting to try these for a LONG time. And waiting for a sale on them over Christmas proved fruitless. In the meantime I'd purchased a set of "like polychromos" and they are actually really nice. But now I've used the best and these really are as amazing as they are advertised. That's not to say I won't use the others..but gotta say, these will be my go-tos! So thank you soooo much Cathy, you are amazing!

I was recently cropping with my friend Kayla and we were playing around with this set, Stampendous Sunny Vase. I love the pattern on the vase and of course cannot resist a beautiful sunflower. One of my favorite images to color!

I used a variety of blues and greens to ink my background with distress inks and did a little watersplatter. After my images were pencil colored, I did a little white acrylic wash splatter on them, just to add a little interest. I cut the tiny tag out from this set by Newton's Nook Designs Tags Times Two on kraft cardstock. I had this little thank you sentiment in an older Stampendous stamp set, which is now obsolete. However you can use any tiny sentiment. I finished it off with a tiny twine bow and some Studio Katia Iridescent Clear Crystals.